Assistant Buyer
1 month ago
Job Introduction
As an Assistant Buyer, you will be responsible for an identified areas of the business, supporting the Buyer in building brand relationships, orders and in season trading.
To ensure the ordering process is efficient and compliant with Selfridges processes and to assist the Buying Admin team where necessary.
As Assistant Buyer, you will:
- Be responsible in supporting buying own brought Designer Flagships across menswear and womenswear ensuring thorough knowledge of product and market.
- Negotiate the best possible terms with suppliers i.
- Work with the Buyer and Head of Buying to ensure that Buying decisions are based on a sound commercial framework to drive sales and profit
- Work closely with the Buyer and Merchandiser to plan the OTB for own area of responsibility and to monitor and review in season, making recommendations to the Buyer/Head of Buying where necessary.
- Assist with range planning, buying appointments and order writing / quantifying working closely with the Merchandiser and Buyer/Head of Buying
- Work with the Merchandiser to analyse performance, making recommendations to the Buyer i.
- Communicate effectively with retail operations teams, weekly floor walks, delivery and launch updates, new season presentations.
- Work closely with Marketing and PR and to be aware of promotional opportunities during negotiations with suppliers.
- Carry out research into key trends and pull together new season product pack and trend highlights.
- Where relevant, to supervise the wider team and monitor workload.
- Work closely with VM to ensure product placement optimises the look and performance of the department.
- Manage the performance of brands through regular meeting with the brands and through analysis of their performance making recommendations to both sides to action to support trade.
How you'll do will be
- Already established in an Assistant Buyer role.
- Highly knowledgeable.
- Strategic and operational.
- Engaging.
- Customer focused.
- All over the numbers.
- Collaborative.
- Organised with attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence
- An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague
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